A 47-year-old Cherry Valley man was killed just after midnight Wednesday, May 23, after he was struck by three vehicles as he tried to cross a road, California Highway Patrol officials said Thursday.

The man, whose name has not been released, was walking south toward Bonita Avenue, just west of Poplar Street in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Cabazon. According to a news release from CHP, there are no crosswalks or streetlights in that area.

At the same time, a 44-year-old Cabazon man was driving his Dodge truck west on Bonita Avenue when the unidentified man ran “directly in the path of the Dodge truck,” the statement said.

The driver stopped, called 911 and tried to help the injured man, officials said. The driver saw other vehicles approaching attempted to use the light from his phone to warn the motorists but they both hit the man, officials said.

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The first vehicle, a gray car, continued driving, but the driver of the second vehicle stopped and also tried to help the man.

Neither driver was injured as a result of the crash. The driver of the gray car has not been identified.

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